Does banning alcohol in First Nations communities address the real cause of problem drinking? In 1670, sometime after English settler Daniel Denton encountered aboriginals on Long Island, he wrote, “They are great lovers of strong drink, yet do not care for drinking, unless they have… Continue reading this article at http://www.walrusmagazine.com
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Firewater by Christine Sismondo and Simon Beggs
The peculiar Zen of race car driving The racetrack i’m driving is a five-kilometre, eighteen-turn road course. Looked at another way, it’s just a strip of pavement that covers some arbitrary geography before ending up… Continue reading this article at http://www.walrusmagazine.com
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Meditation at 7,500 RPM by Timothy Taylor
Is our national anthem worthy of true patriot love? When the Conservative government proposed changing a single line of our national anthem this past spring, the outrage was ferocious enough that the idea was shelved in less than forty-eight hours…. Continue reading this article at http://www.walrusmagazine.com
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(N)O Canada! by Stephen Marche
This week we’re celebrating JibberJobber’s 4 year anniversary with special bundles . On Wednesday, June 23 2010 I’m doing a LinkedIn for Executives: BEYOND the Basics webinar. More info here
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Job Club Radio & Utah County Job Club
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 8, 2010 Joe Wills, University Public Affairs Director (530) 898-4143 Kelly Servis, Museum Public Relations Intern (530) 524-5486 Dr. Rachel Teasdale, Acting Museum Executive Director (530) 898-4121 Gateway Science Museum Launches New Exhibits Museum to Debut Summer Science Exhibit Gateway Science Museum will debut its new Summer Science Exhibit beginning Monday, June 14, 2010, when it reopens with new summer hours as well as its first kids’ summer camps, Gateway Discovery Camps.
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Gateway Science Museum Launches New Exhibits
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 8, 2010 Joe Wills 530-898-4143 Student Services Center Plaza Project Will Beautify Campus’s Western Edge Construction of the Student Services Center Plaza and adjacent First Street renovation this summer will give a new look to the western end of California State University, Chico’s central campus area. New trees and other landscaping, outdoor seating and additional amenities will connect the plaza to pedestrian-only First Street as well as the busy Bell Memorial Union and Meriam Library buildings that are in close proximity. The approximately $1.1 million for design and construction of the plaza and surrounding area is the completion of the $46.8 million Student Services Center project
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Student Services Center Plaza Project Will Beautify Campus’s Western Edge
the 3rd annual San Luis Obispo Greek Festival! It is a busy week, but here is something fun to read: Cholesterol levels might be controlled by brain circuitry “When your stomach growls and you have the urge to reach for the nearest snack, it is, in a way, your tummy talking. Those signals are in part sparked by the gut-based hunger hormone ghrelin, which blocks certain receptors in the brain, telling your body when it is time to eat.” iPhone 4 “Steve Jobs’s keynote address at yesterday’s Apple Worldwide Developers Conference is now available in its entirety on Apple’s website.”
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reading for finals week June 8th 2010
Malaysian Insider By Clara Chooi June 08, 2010 KUALA LUMPUR, June 8 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak today moved to quell fears raised by a minister that Malaysia would one day go the way of Greece and Iceland and become a bankrupt nation. In a written response to a question by Lim Kit Siang (DAP-Ipoh Timor) in
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PM dispels fears of possible bankruptcy
SOALAN: Lim Kit Siang (Ipoh Timur) minta PERDANA MENTERI menyatakan apakah tindakan yang telah diambil untuk memastikan bahawa Malaysia tidak akan mengikut jejak langkah Iceland dan Greece dan menjadi sebuah negara bankrap yang memerlukan penyelamatan dan masyarakat serantau atau antarabangsa. JAWAPAN: Tuan Yang di-Pertua, Untuk makluman Yang Berhormat, hutang negara adalah hutang luar negara yang terdiri daripada hutang luar
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Malaysia’s foreign debt – Parliament Question
Canada’s Université de Montréal is recruiting businesses to supplement traditional government grants for cancer research on its campus. The university’s Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer (IRIC) models this program on a similar partnership that funded Canadian athletes for…
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Canadian University Enlists Businesses for Cancer Research Funding
College is a great way to improve your life but it’s not for everyone. With hard work and determination you can be successful even without a college degree .
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100 Famously Successful People Who Skipped College
I must be getting grumpy in my old age, with all of this venting I’m doing! This post really ticks me off. I just wrote a post on Peter Newfield’s Career Resumes blog (I’ve been blogging there for the last many months) titled The Unemployed Will Not Be Considered
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Unemployed people suck, right? Let’s not hire them.
Emma Brown, Edinburgh College of Art . The Edinburgh show was not short of drama and Emma Brown’s long black body fitting maxi dresses with skeleton prints certainly made a statement. She crafted long black dresses in panels of black …
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Graduate Fashion Week, Edinburgh College of Art | ARTS THREAD Blog
Katina writes: I was just wondering: How can I integrate transitioning to a new career onto my resume? I am currently in customer relations, but am trying to into human resources. However, a lot of employers do not want to bother if you only have education and no previous experience.
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Using Resume to Position Yourself for Career Transition
Daniel Weisberg Responds Daniel Weisberg, vp of policy and general counsel at The New Teacher Project, submitted the following: Ending the Widget Effect in DC Schools Last year, we published a report called The Widget Effect, which documented how meaningless teacher evaluations encourage school systems to ignore differences in teacher effectiveness and treat teachers like interchangeable parts. This keeps them from recognizing and rewarding their best teachers, providing support that helps all teachers improve, or addressing poor performance
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Eliza Krigman responded to What Effect Will D.C. Teachers’ New Contract Have? on June 7, 2010 11:44 AM
No mo’ money Education philanthropists are putting a lot of money into D.C. but they’re not going to be able to do that in more than one or two cities
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Joanne Jacobs responded to What Effect Will D.C. Teachers’ New Contract Have? on June 7, 2010 02:23 PM
The Devil Went Down to Georgetown Johnny rosin up your bow and play your fiddle hard. The new DC contract is both fantastic and Faustian.
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Steve Peha responded to What Effect Will D.C. Teachers’ New Contract Have? on June 10, 2010 05:11 PM
Not a National Model–For Many Reasons It’s not just funding that makes Washington, D.C.’s collective bargaining agreement for teachers an unlikely model for school districts that have little in common with D.C. While all communities share the goal of helping students in a way that meets their individual needs, and while most recognize that schools need better tools and conditions to accomplish this, communities use different approaches to meet this goal. And, most important, those differences must be accounted for in school policies and local laws.
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Randi Weingarten responded to What Effect Will D.C. Teachers’ New Contract Have? on June 11, 2010 09:29 AM
New ways to thrive in education desert The new DCPS contract is interesting mostly because of the non-traditional way officials seemed to get the deal done.
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Chad Wick responded to What Effect Will D.C. Teachers’ New Contract Have? on June 11, 2010 12:06 PM
After two and a half years of emotional and controversial negotiations, the Washington, D.C., teachers union ratified a new contract last week that dilutes the strength of seniority protections and introduces a voluntary pay-for-performance program. Union members approved the new agreement overwhelmingly in a 1,412-425 vote. The new contract includes a pay raise of 21.6 percent over five years (retroactive to the expiration of the old contract) that will raise average annual salary from $67,000 to $81,000
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